Orange County Courthouse, King & Churton Streets, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC

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20 drawings
8 b&w photos
2 data pages
1 photo caption pages Supplemental Material

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TITLE:
Orange County Courthouse, King & Churton Streets, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC

CALL NUMBER:
HABS NC,68-HILBO,4-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 20 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS NC-191

Building/structure dates: 1845 initial construction

Photographs #1-2 are part of the Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture (PAEAA), also found in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress

Significance: Good example of Classical Revival courthouse.

SUBJECTS:
NORTH CAROLINA--Orange County--Hillsborough
municipal government
education
brick buildings

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nc0067

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey, Archie A. Biggs, Photographer June 28, 1937 FRONT VIEW.
2. Historic American Buildings Survey, Archie A. Biggs, Photographer June 28, 1937 REAR VIEW.
3. EXTERIOR, SOUTH FRONT
4. EXTERIOR, DETAIL OF SOUTH FACADE
5. EXTERIOR, EAST SIDE
6. INTERIOR, FANLIGHT OVER FRONT DOOR AS SEEN FROM INTERIOR STAIR
7. INTERIOR, COURTROOM
8. INTERIOR, SECOND FLOOR ROOM SHOWING WINDOWS AND FIREPLACE

CONTROL #:
NC0067

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